Gediz
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Gediz Gediz Nehri ancient names: Hermos, Hermus |
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| location | Izmir , Kütahya , Manisa , Uşak ( Turkey ) | |
| River system | Gediz | |
| source | at Murat Dağı 38 ° 55 ′ 30 ″ N , 29 ° 44 ′ 12 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 2000 m | |
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Gulf of Izmir Coordinates: 38 ° 35 ′ 18 " N , 26 ° 48 ′ 57" E 38 ° 35 ′ 18 " N , 26 ° 48 ′ 57" E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 2000 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 5.9 ‰ | |
| length | 341 km | |
| Catchment area | 17,500 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Alaşehir Çayı , Sart Çayı , Nil Çayı | |
| Right tributaries | Deliniş Çayı , Selendi Çayı , Gördes Çayı , Kum Çayı | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Demirköprü Dam | |
| Medium-sized cities | Manisa | |
| Small towns | Sardis | |
The Gediz (also Gediz Nehri ), the ancient Hermos , is a river in Turkey in western Asia Minor and with 405 km is the second longest body of water in the region after the Great Meander .
The river rises in the mountains of Lydia between the mountain town of Gediz and the Murat Dağı (2309 m), where the Great Meander also has its northern source river Banaz Çayı . After almost 300 km it reaches the wide east-west valley near the ancient ruined city of Sardis , flows through Manisa and flows into the Gulf of Izmir 30 km northwest of Izmir and 10 km southeast of Foça .
The mouth of the Gediz forms a river delta over 20 km wide , which in the course of history - like that of the Great and Small Meander - has expanded noticeably towards the sea. The southern delta (opposite Izmir) forms an extensive swamp area .
In the prehistoric deposits of the river, the oldest and most definitely dated Stone Age tool on Turkish soil was discovered, an approximately 1.2 million year old worked fragment.
Web links
- Landsat satellite image series "Satellite geography in class", strips 07: Gediz, 08: Izmir, 09: Menderes
- Agricultural evaluation of the Gediz basin with climatic diagrams
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Gediz in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ^ D. Maddy et al .: The earliest securely-dated hominin artefact in Anatolia? In: Quaternary Science Reviews. Volume 109, 2015, pp. 68-75, doi: 10.1016 / j.quascirev.2014.11.021